Subject: Beetle Larvae Geographic location of the bug: Inside A Rotten Pine Log In Northeast Ohio Date: 01/09/2019 Time: 09:53 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: This beetle larvae was found in a old rotten pine log in northeast ohio. It is almost 1 inch long. I need your help in identifying it. How you want your letter signed: yes

Stag Beetle Grub

Based on this BugGuide image, we are pretty confident this is a Stag Beetle larva.

Subject: A bronze lucanid species Geographic location of the bug: Seoul, Korea Date: 11/25/2018 Time: 03:26 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found this little bugger last month. Our security guard attempted to kill it, but I saved it just in time. I think it’s a Prismognathus dauricus because I saw a picture of that in my insect encyclopedia. Here is my picture with my Nippondorcus rubrofemoratus and another pic only showing himself. I heard that they only live for 1~2 months so I decided to keep it. How you want your letter signed: William Hong

Stag Beetle

Dear William, Thanks for sending in your images of two species of Stag Beetles from Korea. We located an image of Prismognathus dauricus on Insect Collectors Shop and it does look similar as does the image on Projects Biodiversity. Also, many thanks for your comments on images in our archives that we identified as probably being Scarab Beetle grubs that you believe are Stag Beetle grubs.

Subject: Cottonwood Stag Beetle Geographic location of the bug: South-Central Utah Date: 08/04/2018 Time: 01:53 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I noticed in one of your posts you mentioned being surprised that these beetles range as far west as Utah. This one was found (alive) near Capitol Reef National Park. I’ve lived here for nearly 20 years and this is the first one I saw here. Perhaps range is extending due to climate change. Anyway, thought I’d provide another specimen for your guide. How you want your letter signed: Guy Tal

Subject: Large black beetle found in house Geographic location of the bug: South-east Wisconsin (Wind Lake) Date: 06/26/2018 Time: 07:34 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hello! My name is Lexi and I live in South-eastern Wisconsin. I was on my laptop when my dad called me into the kitchen exclaiming that there was a large bug found. This big was about 1-2 inches long and had wide black pinchers. We did not, in fact, kill the bug but put it out on the porch in the rain. The picture is the bug right way up on a napkin which was used to carry it outside. How you want your letter signed: Best Regards and Respect. ~Lexi

Stag Beetle

Dear Lexi, Because you described this Stag Beetle as black, we suspect it is Lucanus placidus, which is described on BugGuide as “Similar to L. capreolus, but much darker, elytra more punctate. Legs dark reddish brown, no light brown patches as in capreolus. Several small teeth on inside of mandibles of male–capreolus has only one.”

Thank you for responding so quickly! I was just wondering, would you consider this Stag beetle a male or a female?

Subject: Cottonwood Stag Beetle Geographic location of the bug: New Castle, Colorado Date: 06/26/2018 Time: 12:25 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I was picking up some trash in my yard when i noticed a pretty big black beetle eating what looked like a smaller beetle without its head. I took it inside to show my family and when I went to go let it back outside there was another one right where i found the other one! How you want your letter signed: KD

Subject: Large beetle w pincers Geographic location of the bug: Lilburn, Ga Date: 06/23/2018 Time: 01:49 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found this guy in the driveway. I’ve lived here for 10 years, and NEVER seen anything like him. We live in an older community with lots of wooded areas and a small lake. I’m afraid he may be dead. How you want your letter signed: Missy Skinner